Job description:
Purpose The role of Manager, Finance & Accounting is to lead our night shift General Ledger team (10:00 PM to 7:00 AM PHT) supporting our US business mainly oversight of the day-to-day controllership activities being performed in CoE as well as the management of team performance.
Work Arrangement:
- On-site presence is required two days per week, including Thursdays.
Key Missions 1. Financial Accounting & Ledger Management
- Lead the monthly close for assigned entities, including coordination with business finance team
- Review accuracy and reasonableness of journal entries and account balances.
- Oversee Cash, AP, AR, Prepaid, Fixed-Asset & Intangibles, Intercompany and Payroll Accounting.
- Load monthly results into Group reporting tools and respond to consolidation or regional queries.
3. Audit, Compliance & Controls
- Coordinate internal and external audits and the annual internal-control self-assessment.
- Ensure adherence to IFRS/US-GAAP, corporate accounting policies and internal-control requirements.
4. Team Leadership & Service Delivery
- Manage General Ledger team (~4 Senior GL Accountants): staffing, training, performance management and succession planning.
- Foster a culture of accountability, service excellence and continuous improvement.
5. Process Improvement & Transformation
- Identify inefficiencies in accounting processes and manage change implementation.
6. Consolidation & Regional Support
- Prepare and submit ad-hoc financial requests from stakeholders.
Profile & Other Information Required profile:
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to anticipate and/or proactively address issues.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite products (above average Excel skills required).Ability to perform multiple tasks concurrently.
- Understanding of financial terms related to product, software development, and service delivery.
- Excellent customer service attitude, communication skills, and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to make timely and sound decisions.
- Foster a team environment that promotes growth.
- Ability to meet deadlines.
Required Experience
- BS in Accounting or Finance; a CPA is required; MBA a plus.
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience working in a fast-paced environment
- 3+ years of managing an accounting team
- Experience with a mid to large ERP system, MS Dynamics ERP systems (D365 and Great Plains) preferred.
- Experience with reporting systems, TM1 and BFC preferred.
- Process improvement experience preferred
- IFRS
